I-Cebu Pacific inyusa ukusebenza kwemithwalo kunye ne-ATR-freighter yesibini eguqulweyo

  I-Cebu Pacific (CEB), Isiphathamandla esikhulu kwiiPhilippines, samkela ukufika kwesithuthi sayo sesibini se-ATR, siqhubela phambili ukukhulisa imisebenzi yaso ekhulayo yemithwalo. 

I-ATR 72-500 eguqulweyo ijoyina ezinye iinqwelomoya ezimbini zokuzinikela kwiinqanawa zeECB. Kutshanje i-CEB iguqule enye ye-A330-300 yayo kulungelelwaniso lweemithwalo zonke, isusa izihlalo ukuze imithwalo ithwalwe kumgangatho ophambili. Abathutha iimpahla bayinxalenye yempendulo yeECB kwimfuno ekhulayo yokuthuthwa ngokufikelelekayo kwezinto kunye nezinto zorhwebo.   

Ngaphandle kokuncipha kwenani leenqwelomoya ngenxa yezithintelo zangoku zokuhamba, imisebenzi yeempahla yeECB ihleli isebenza ukuqinisekisa ukuba uthutho lweempahla aluthintelwa. Ngexesha leenyanga ezimbalwa zokuqala zokuvalelwa kwabahlali bakwiiPhilippines, ziinqwelomoya kuphela ezavunyelwayo ukuba zisebenze, kwaye ngoku lo mlambo ubala iipesenti ezingama-66 zerhafu kwi-Q3 2020, xa kuthelekiswa neepesenti ezisi-8 ngeli xesha linye kunyaka ophelileyo.  

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, i-CEB ithathe ngaphezulu kweetoni ezingama-43,600 zeempahla ukuya nokubuya kwimithwalo yasekhaya nakwamanye amazwe ukusukela oko kwabakho lo bhubhani ngoMatshi. IHong Kong, iDubai, iJapan, iThailand, iShanghai kunye neGuangzhou zezinye zezona ndawo ziphambili zokuthwala imithwalo, ezona zinto ziphezulu ziqhutywa ziisemiconductors, iimoto, iimveliso zasemanzini, iimpahla zonyango, iziqhamo kunye neentyatyambo.  

Ngaphezulu kokunyusa ukwenziwa kwemithwalo, i-CEB iyaqhubeka nokuhlala ixakekile ngexesha le-COVID-19 ntlekele ngokujonga eminye imithombo yengeniso kwimozulu yesifo. Eminye yale mizamo ibandakanya ukwaziswa kweenqwelomoya ezihamba ngenqwelomoya ezinamacandelo ahlukeneyo abakhweli kunye nemithwalo, iSeat Occupying Cargo (SOC), kunye nolona hlobo lwamva nje lokunyusa imithambo ukuze yomeleze ibhalansi yayo kwaye iqinisekise ukuba ikwindawo entle yokufumana kwakhona yale ntlekele ingazange ibonwe.  

“Phakathi kwalo bhubhani, besikhe savavanya ishishini lethu kwaye sikwazile ukubona amathuba okuziqambela izinto ezintsha kwaye sihlale si-ethe-ethe xa sijamelene nokungaqiniseki. Silindele ukuba imithwalo yemithwalo iqhubeke nokukhula njengoko sibeka phambili kwaye sisebenzisa iinqwelo-moya zethu ezikhoyo ukuphendula kwimfuno eyandileyo. Ngaphandle kokuzama ukugxila ngakumbi kwimithwalo yempahla, sikwadibanisa inqwelo moya yethu ukuba ibuyisele eluntwini ngokusebenza ngokusondeleyo neearhente zikarhulumente, imibutho kunye namaqabane ukuqinisekisa ukuba inkxaso yempahla ihlawulwe ngokupheleleyo, utshilo u-Alex Reyes, usekela-Mongameli wezoRhwebo, ICebu Pacific Air.  

Ngaphezulu kwalo bhubhani, i-CEB iququzelele ngaphezulu kweenqwelo moya ezingama-270 zalapha ekhaya ukunceda ukubuyisela abantu bakwiiPhilippines ababhadlileyo ukuba babuyele kwiidolophu zabo-zonke ezo zinto zenziwe zenziwa ngentsebenziswano neearhente zikarhulumente eziphambili. I-CEB ikwasebenzisana nemibutho eyahlukeneyo ukubonelela ngothutho lwamayeza simahla, izixhobo zovavanyo ze-COVID-19 kunye nezixhobo zoKhuseleko lobuqu (PPE) kumaphondo aliqela.   

I-CEB iyaqhubeka nokunceda kwizicelo zeenqwelo moya zenqwelo moya. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ophetheyo uthuthe ngaphezulu kweetoni ezingama-278 zemithwalo ebalulekileyo, simahla, ukuya kwiindawo eziphambili zasekhaya kubandakanya iCebu, iBacolod, iPuerto Princesa, iCagayan de Oro, iDavao, kunye neGeneral Santos.